There’s no place like home.
We left the house on Saturday afternoon, packing up a load of laundry and stuffing the ferret in my purse, and headed down to Mom’s house. We expected snow, and being unsure of whether or not we were going to get a dusting or a massive amount, brought Pickle with us in case we ended up staying the night. By late afternoon they were forecasting at least 9″-14″ across the state, with some spots getting more and the promise of whiteout conditions, so we decided that we’d stick around for the night. Even though it wasn’t supposed to start snowing until midnight, it was supposed to be nasty all day Sunday, and Eddie’s mother was planning on calling that day to wish me a happy birthday and play a game of pass-the-phone with the rest of the family, and if we were at home she wouldn’t be able to talk to me, so we stayed over Saturday night. We ended up staying over there last night as well, because the roads were still nasty.
My birthday was fine. Danielle came by on Saturday night with birthday cards from her and Dad, and then we went over there for a bit and chatted with him and Grandma for a while and played with Dad’s absolutely adorable new Bichon puppy. Then we all went back to Mom’s and watched a movie, caught some of the Olympics, and went to bed. We had a mini-birthday celebration with my Fudgie the Whale cake (which was fucking delicious) and opened cards, and then Mom forgot to give me my presents (jammies and some boots) until Brian went to bed and found them on their bed.
Mom and Eddie went to work together this morning, Danielle headed out at about 7:30am, and since we couldn’t determine whether or not I had school, I stayed home. No one particularly wanted me to drive up there on the shitty roads anyway.
And now, after eating dinner at Mom’s again for the 3rd night in a row, we’re home, fat and happy, with Pickle completely worn out and curled up in her fleecey hammocks.
Tags: birthday, family, family, game, life, school, snow, weather
February 14th, 2006 at 8:39 pm
that puppy was so freakin cute, i wanted to put her in my jacket and run home!
February 15th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
We’d have lost her in the snow!
February 15th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
no! she had a pink collar on! pickle would have a baby to play with!!
February 15th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Pickle would smack the shit out of that little puffball